well, first of all, I am a college student on a leave of absence for a year due to personal a reason.I am planning on majoring in biology (or quite possibly bio-chem).

I was talking to a guy in a medical school, and he asked me if i was doing pre-med with my bio major. I'm not really interested in medical school so I said no, and that I'm more interested in genetics or bio-chem kind of stuff.

to this he told me that even if that's the case, I should still try to go to a medical school because most careers related to genetics or bio-chem, even non-medical, will still prefer those who went to medical schools over those who just studied pure science like bio (I AM planning on going to a grad school after majoring in bio in college, by the way)

in short, he told me that if I want to do anything that has to do with biological research, genetics, etc., it's pretty much always better to go to a med school than to go to a grad school.

is there some truth to this guy's advice??if anybody can expand on it, please do so for me.

Of the ~12 people working at the small biotech where I am employed, six have natural science Ph.D.s, two are engineers, and no one has a medical degree. An M.D. is not a research degree, but if you want to work with human tissues in research it helps you get access to samples. It all depends on what you want to do.